“As you know, we accept the claims of 21st century science, which is that life begins at conception. As Christian democrats, we also accept that we live in a pluralistic, democratic society, and that many citizens do not accept such a fact. Therefore, we need to focus on more and better education, and through it,…
Month: March 2017
Open letter to the EU published today
Mr Frans TimmermansFirst Vice-President of the European CommissionRue de la Loi 2001049 BrusselsBrussels, 22 March 2017 Dear First Vice-President Timmermans, Ahead of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome, we the undersigned organisations urge the European Commission not to abandon its leadership role in fighting the scourge of corruption in the…
The future of transparency in danger
More than 100 organisations urge the Parliament to spearhead #lobbytransparency reform! MEPs were warned that the European Commission’s current proposal for a revised EU Transparency Register would allow for even less scrutiny than the existing one, and that to champion greater transparency across all EU institutions, they must start with their own house first. A…